TN GOP tilts against Big Government environmentalism

The TN GOP has issued its take on Earth Day, taking the Obama administration to task for what it describes as meddling in the free market.

The complete text of the statement is pasted below:

NASHVILLE – As people across Tennessee, America and around the world observe “Earth Day” on Wednesday, April 22, the Tennessee Republican Party respectfully suggests that you stop to consider just how important is freedom and limited government as America addresses the complex environmental issues.

“Freedom and opportunity have made America the world’s leader in technology and innovation for generations, and we have no doubt that – as long as Big Government doesn’t get in the way – American entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors and innovators will create the new technologies and new businesses that will bring the next generation both a cleaner environment and a more prosperous economy,” said Robin Smith, Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party.

“On Earth Day, you will hear many people urging government to ‘fix’ the environment by enacting all sorts of costly new regulations and mandates. And our country is currently lead by a liberal president who, though he has never run a business or developed a ‘green’ technology, believes he can heal our economy and improve the environment through government mandates and by asserting government control over automakers and other key industries,” Smith said. “Unfortunately for the environment and for our economic future, he is wrong.”

“Throughout American history, it is not government that has developed our best new technologies and products, it is free people motivated by passion and the potential for profit, who produce the solutions to our most pressing problems,” Smith said. “We the people do not need Big Government to clean up the environment.”